Voltage-gated potassium channel antibodies associated limbic encephalitis in a patient with invasive thymoma

Journal of the Neurological Sciences Volume 250 Issue 1-2 Page 167-169 published_at 2006-12-01
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Voltage-gated potassium channel antibodies associated limbic encephalitis in a patient with invasive thymoma
Creator
Kohriyama Tatsuo
Arimura Kimiyoshi
Source Title
Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 250
Issue 1-2
Start Page 167
End Page 169
Abstract
Recently, limbic encephalitis (LE) associated with Voltage-gated potassium channel antibody (VGKC-Ab) has been postulated as a new autoimmune disorder. Most previously reported cases of VGKC-Ab-associated LE were non-paraneoplastic, and reports of a paraneoplastic type are rare. Here we describe a 59-year-old woman with paraneoplastic VGKC-Ab-associated LE preceding the recurrence of invasive thymoma. There was a close temporal relationship between the clinical course and the changes of the VGKC-Ab titer. Unlike many of the non-paraneoplastic VGKC-Ab-associated LE cases, our cases showed the more extensive high intensity lesions on MRI and the absence of seizure and hyponatremia.
Keywords
Invasive thymoma
Limbic encephalitis
Voltage-gated potassium channel antibody
NDC
Medical sciences [ 490 ]
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Date of Issued 2006-12-01
Rights
Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd.
Publish Type Author’s Original
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 0022-510X
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jns.2006.08.003
[NCID] AA00703265
[PMID] 17028029
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2006.08.003 isVersionOf